Southwest Colorado eSchool will hold its 2025 graduation at 4 p.m. May 15 at Rotary Park, 1565 West Second Ave. The local six-12th grade school supports Durango, Silverton, Mancos, Dolores,…
Durango Citizens Climate Lobby will host a screening of the film, “Beyond Zero” at 5:40 p.m. May 2 at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. “Beyond Zero” is a…
From 1900 to 1925, the fairgrounds served as the local venue for high school track and field competitions. Each year, the fairgrounds hosted track meets with area schools, including competitors…
direct killing or collecting of species would still be outlawed under new definition
Students in the Career & Technical Education welding and engineering program at Durango High School present their capstone STEM project in May 2024. The team recycled a shopping cart found…
La Plata County residents are invited to a free community wildfire workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. The workshop…
Fifth graders at Mountain Middle School are set to showcase their innovative math games at the annual “Math Games” Exhibition. This special event, open to parents and community members, will…
The Durango Botanic Gardens wishes to thank the 162 people who attended our Envisioning a Changing DurangoScape 2025, on March 21 and 22. The conference projected anticipated changes in the…
The Switzerland Trail was once a narrow gauge railroad line linking mining towns from Eldora to Ward, the Indian Peaks, from about 1890 until 1919. Now parts of it are…
The Animas River was a good river for fishing by Indigenous people and later white settlers in the 1870s. Here, two unnamed youths are fishing near the Animas’ confluence with…
Durango High School Class of 1995 will hold its 30 year reunion July 25 and 26 in Durango. Friday, July 25: Meet in downtown Durango for drinks (time and location…
SGM, a multidisciplinary engineering, consulting and surveying firm headquartered in Glenwood Springs, with additional offices in Meeker, Gunnison, Grand Junction, Salida, Durango and Aspen, awards scholarships to assist aspiring civil…
The La Plata County Healthy Homes program is actively seeking homeowners to provide opportunities to improve the health of their house, condo or mobile home and provide $350 worth of…
A panel of local faith leaders will address how faith-based groups are addressing climate change at 7 p.m. April 25 at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 419 San Juan Drive. The event…
Durango City Councilor Dave Woodruff will hold council office hours from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. Residents can stop by and have…
With low water tables in the desert, windmills are essential to pump water. As cattle numbers are reduced and the cienegas or wetlands are restored, water tables on the ranch…
Taken at Mesa Verde National Park over 60 years ago, the backstory of this photograph is unknown. The people depicted may be locals on a group outing to the park,…
Toronto residents Douglas Bloomfield, left, and his son Phoenix, right, who are on vacation in Washington, hold a Canadian flag and an ice hockey stick to show their support for…
Energy Outreach Colorado, in partnership with The LOR Foundation, La Plata Family Centers and Housing Solutions for the Southwest, will host free energy assistance workshops in Durango and Cortez this…
Local doula Abbie Downing of Animas Birth Doula will host a Birth Partner Workshop 10 to 11:15 a.m. April 26 at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. This 75-minute…
A hillside stand of lodge pole pine trees, fronted by aspens inside the gate of Rocky Mountain National Park, that has been killed by Pine Beetles. University of Colorado researchers…
Durango American Legion Post 28 was organized in September 1919, just a few months after Congress chartered and incorporated the national organization as a patriotic, mutual-help group for wartime veterans.…
The La Plata County Road & Bridge division will perform crack seal repairs on six county roads as well as the Park & Ride at the U.S. Highway 550/County Road…
The Iron Mountain Hot Springs along the Colorado River. Across the water is a train yard where Rocky Mountain Resources wants to unload its limestone, Nov. 21, 2019. (Michael Elizabeth…
People walk past the new hotel Selection La Habana, managed by Spanish chain Iberostar, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (Ramon Espinosa/Associated Press) HAVANA – It’s impossible to miss.…
This postcard depicts the 800 block of downtown Durango as it appeared in the late 1950s. The Durango Woolworth store on the left opened in 1928 at 863 Main Ave.…
Argentine Cristian Vázquez, adjusting his sunglasses in the background, lounges on the sand with friends and family at Renaca beach in Vina del Mar, Chile, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (Esteban…
Senate Bill 40, a nine-member panel would examine new options to replace severance tax money
